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A Study of the Wang-Family Cultivated History and Their Old Houses in Shen-kan
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Yi-Hsuan Hsieh
Thesis Adviser : Professor Huei-Chen Lin
Sumitted to the Graduate School of Architecture，Chung-yung Christain University，Taiwan 2000 in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of master of Architecture
2. Thesis Summary
The developing history of Shen-kan is an illustration of Han nationality cultivating hardships in Taiwan. With the rapid urbanization of Taipei County, the immigration of many people and the blooming of new buildings, the unique scene of the obscure Shen-kan and its clean river zoology are going to vanish. Shen-kan is full of cultivating vestiges of forefathers. From the viewpoint of history, its development is a struggle history of Han nationality in Taiwan. The cultivation in early period is owed to five clans including Xu, Gao, Chen, Zhang, Wang whose cultivation could be the epitome of Shen-kan developing history. Among these five clans, Wang was the most successful one. It was the richest one and a distinguished family in that area. Until now, this clan is still very influential. The ancient houses of Wang are a serial of rare clan houses, which are exquisite and elegant. Today they are kept nearly intact. The research of Wang clan is divided into two parts in the thesis: one is the basic data including the discussion of the cultivating process of Wang Clan and the introduction of Shen-kan environment; the other is the research of the ancient houses including space allocation, construction form, defending system as well as the analysis and comparison of their differences. The thesis includes five chapters and the following is the summary of each:
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
Establish the research motive and purpose, set the research scope and make out the research content and methods so as to achieve the research purpose by collecting and analyzing relative literature and documents.
Chapter Ⅱ Cultivation Process of Huang Clan in Shen-kan
Introduce Shen-kan environment and its evolution in a simple and straight narrative way to illustrate the in-groups of Wang Clan, its migrating process and political and economic development in the local area and show the pedigree of Wang Clan to collate the relations among the people mentioned in the thesis.
Chapter Ⅲ Ancient Houses Research of Wang Shixian In-group
After studying the ancient houses of In-group Wang Shixian and other related documents, the author sums up the scattered-village characteristics of the northern part of Taiwan, which can be the basis of the illustration of the Wang houses characteristics in Shen-kan. Therefore, the first part summarizes the family cause of Wang Shixian In-group. The second part is the research of the ancient houses of Wang Shixian. The third part illustrates the differences among the ancient houses. The fourth part sums up the characters of the scattered-village houses in the northern villages of Taiwan.
Chapter Ⅳ Dexing Residence of Wang Zhongshu In-group
In early years, Wang Zhongshu In-group engaged in tea trade. Until the third generation, Wang Delong, it was already quite successful and could be called tea nabobism in Shen-kan. Its success is owed to the fact that Shen-kan Street is the traffic hinge of Wenshan Area for the tea output. Therefore, the first part discusses the development of Shen-kan Street so as to illustrate how this family became rich on the basis of its favorable position and laid the foundation of the family cause. This part is the foregoing introduction of Dexing Residence and its surrounding environment. The second part summarizes the houses and cause of Huang Zhongshu In-group. The third part studies the characteristics of Dexing Residence. The fourth part compares Dexing Residence with other ancient houses in Shen-kan Street to show the differences between them.
Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion
The first part analyzes the key point that Wang Shixian In-group became rich. The second part illustrates the influential factors of cultivation system on its ancient house form. The third part analyzes the fact that Wang Zhongshu In-group took part in the flourish industry and its house form. The fourth part proposes the study direction for scholars to continue.
Key words: Shen-kan / Wang Clan / Cultivation / Ancient Houses
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